Saint-Jacques (federal electoral district)

Saint-Jacques was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1988.

Saint-Jacques

Quebec electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1952
District abolished	1987
First contested	1953
Last contested	1984

There were two separate ridings named "Saint-Jacques". The first was created in 1952 from Cartier and St. James ridings. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Laurier and Saint-Henri ridings.

A second "Saint-Jacques" riding was created in 1977 when Saint-Henri was renamed Saint-Jacques. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Saint-Jacques Riding created from Cartier and St. James
22nd	1953–1957		Roland Beaudry	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962		Charles-Édouard Campeau	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963		Maurice Rinfret	Liberal
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972		Jacques Guilbault
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Saint-Henri—Westmount and Verdun—Saint-Paul

Election results

Saint-Jacques, 1953–1979

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roland Beaudry	15,443
	Progressive Conservative	Léonard Lauzon	5,274
	Independent Liberal	Cléophas Saint-Aubin	1,109
	Labor–Progressive	Gui-Louis Caron	1,061
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Albert Leduc	545

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roland Beaudry	7,900
	Progressive Conservative	Roland Perron	5,347
	Independent Liberal	Jean-Baptiste Crépeau	3,512
	Independent Liberal	R. Beaudry	1,789
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gaétan Robert	730

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Charles-Édouard Campeau	12,798
	Liberal	Maurice Rinfret	10,517
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Gaétan Robert	670
	Independent Liberal	Eugène-J.-E. Fournier	1,825
	Socialist	Henri Gagnon	666

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Rinfret	7,664
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Hébert	7,271
	Social Credit	Jean-Paul Poulin	2,023
	New Democratic	Willie Fortin	1,925

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Rinfret	7,841
	Progressive Conservative	Gérard Hébert	5,831
	Social Credit	Sylvio Mélançon	4,386
	New Democratic	Willie Fortin	2,106

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Maurice Rinfret	7,023
	Progressive Conservative	Gabriel Grégoire	5,248
	Ralliement créditiste	Lucien Mallette	1,576
	New Democratic	Willie Fortin	1,406
	Independent	Réginald Reggie Chartrand	669

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacques Guilbault	9,701
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Alie	4,238
	New Democratic	Julien Major	971
	Social Credit	Lucien Mallette	705
	Independent	Joseph-Louis Abraham	314
	Independent	H.-Georges Grenier	311

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacques Guilbault	8,682
	Progressive Conservative	Armand Lefebvre	3,213
	Social Credit	Patricia Métivier	1,696
	New Democratic	Pierre Ryan	1,598
	Independent	Jean-Baptiste Bulldog Clermont	208
	Independent	Claire Demers	151
	Independent	André Davignon	97
	Independent	G.-Paul Nolet	41

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacques Guilbault	7,709
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Chevrier	3,518
	New Democratic	Jean-Pierre Bourdouxhe	1,313
	Social Credit	Roger Pelletier	797
	Independent	Jean B. Clermont	154
	Communist	Claire Demers	146
	Marxist–Leninist	Rhéal Mathieu	127

Saint-Jacques, 1979–1988

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacques Guilbault	20,520
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Chevrier	3,704
	New Democratic	David-André Rowley	1,978
	Social Credit	J. Alfred Lévesque	1,715
	Rhinoceros	Balthazar Michel Deschamps	933
	Libertarian	Robert Champlin	295
	Communist	Claire Durand	189
	Independent	Patricia Métivier	143
	Marxist–Leninist	Auguste Arnold	104
	Union populaire	Serge Rainville	84

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacques Guilbault	17,757
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Chevrier	3,038
	New Democratic	Roger Monette	2,339
	Rhinoceros	Rodrigue Chocolat Tremblay	1,080
	Independent	Raymonde Lebreux	224
	Libertarian	Marc Krushelnyski	137
	Union populaire	Hughette Godard	120
	Marxist–Leninist	Arnold August	96
	Communist	Daniel Pauquet	88
	Independent	Patricia Métivier	55

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacques Guilbault	10,875
	Progressive Conservative	Lorraine Duguay	10,291
	New Democratic	Mike Molter	4,057
	Rhinoceros	Pierre dit Lagaffe Corbeil	1,204
	Parti nationaliste	Denise Laroche	738
	Communist	Marianne Roy	152
	Commonwealth of Canada	Robert Langevin	116

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada